I just had my last class of the semester on Monday night and except for some paper editing, I am done with all of my final assignments. The end of this semester wasn’t nearly as hectic as last semester, thank goodness (no flu, yay!).

I really want to explore the city and do some fun things before I start back to classes in September. I probably won’t get to go back to Texas because I’ve picked up a second job, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have fun up here. Keeping in line with my pattern, I am going to start another “40” series. This time I am going to do 40 activities for under $40, in NYC and the surrounding area! I want to do as many free/low cost things as possible, but there will be a few things that I splurge on. I will post pictures of all of the activities on IG, with the tag #40for40NYC. Here are the 40 things I plan to do this summer, in no particular order:

The High Line

Roof Garden Café and Martini Bar

Fort Lee-Korea Town

Geocaching

Garibaldi House on Staten Island

Coney Island

Run a 5k

Go to a Concert: Willy Nelson 8/12 or Sublime 8/5

Rockaway Beach

Queens-Korea Town

Bronx Zoo

Self-guided I Love Lucy or SATC walking tour

Baseball Game

Ellis Island

Fleet Week

Pride Parade: June 28

Horse Race

The Polo Bar

Giglio di Saint Antonio Fest: August 6-9

Italian Film Retrospective: May 22-31

Dim Sum

Wine and Picnic in Central Park

Hot Yoga

Weekend Trip Upstate (The Hamptons or elsewhere)

New York Public Library

Empire State Building

Brooklyn Bridge

Central Park

A Farmers Market

Natural History Museum

Comedy Show

New Movie+ Write Movie Review

Pok Pok NY

Real dive bar/pub

The Cloisters

Jamestown/Lucille Ball Comedy festival

Soccer game

Jollibee

Jackson Heights

Green-Wood Cemetery

This is just a provisional list. I may do more than one activity in a day, some days and other times, I may only be able to fit in one activity the entire week (I’m taking a 6 week class toward the end of the summer). I will blog about the activities as I go along and if any of you have any particular places you’d like me to check out and report back on, leave your suggestion in the comments! Since this is a rigid schedule, I may skip some things and substitute other activities in their place. Other options include: beach camping and fishing (if I can find a buddy that has supplies), bowling (if I can find a group to go with), ice skating, the Montauk light house, more restaurants, more classes/lectures, exploring the Bronx and Long Island. The goal is to spend less than $40 on each activity. Obviously I don’t have $1,600 to blow on summer activities, but many of these things are free or low cost, so that will allow me to save the allotted $40 or its remainder for some of the bigger activities (weekend trip, concert, Jamestown, etc.). I will begin participating in #WODW again and also blog about other things here and there. Thanks again for reading, lets get this marathon of tourism started!What should I do first?!